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GENUS ASTILBE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Astilbe mean?
• GENUS ASTILBE (noun)
The noun GENUS ASTILBE has 1 sense:
1. chiefly Asiatic perennials: spirea
Familiarity information: GENUS ASTILBE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chiefly Asiatic perennials: spirea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Astilbe" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Astilbe"):
astilbe (any plant of the genus Astilbe having compound leaves and showy panicles of tiny colorful flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Astilbe" is a member of...):
family Saxifragaceae; Saxifragaceae; saxifrage family (a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae)
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